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John Foster Dulles

1888 - 1959

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John Foster Dulles (February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959) was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as United States secretary of state under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 until his resignation in 1959. A member of the Republican Party, he was briefly a U.S. senator from New York in 1949. Dulles was a significant figure in the early Cold War era, who advocated an aggressive stance against communism throughout the world. Born in Washington, D.C., Dulles joined the leading New York law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell after graduating from George Washington University Law School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Foster Dulles is the 5,258th most popular politician (down from 4,224th in 2019), the 1,899th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,342nd in 2019) and the 165th most popular American Politician.

John Foster Dulles is most famous for being the Secretary of State for the Eisenhower administration. He was the architect of the Cold War policy of containment.

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Among politicians, John Foster Dulles ranks 5,258 out of 19,576. Before him are Firuz Shah Tughlaq, Doquz Khatun, Malik-Shah II, Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester, Amlaíb, King of Scotland, and Ordoño III of León. After him are Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Francis Walsingham, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, Juan, Count of Montizón, Anton Mussert, and Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, John Foster Dulles ranks 53. Before him are Vladimir K. Zworykin, Max Steiner, Nuri al-Said, Irving Berlin, Fritz Klein, and Georgios Papandreou. After him are Heinrich Neuhaus, Thea von Harbou, Chandrashekhar Agashe, W. O. Bentley, Henry A. Wallace, and Hans Knappertsbusch. Among people deceased in 1959, John Foster Dulles ranks 39. Before him are Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Wanda Landowska, Raphael Lemkin, Alfred Kubin, Arthur Cecil Pigou, and Edward C. Tolman. After him are Ichirō Hatoyama, Mario Lanza, Sisavang Vong, Sidney Bechet, Rudolf Caracciola, and Olga Knipper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Foster Dulles ranks 1,899 out of 20,380. Before him are Lloyd Bridges (1913), James Dwight Dana (1813), Barry Seal (1939), Ben Gazzara (1930), Elliott Gould (1938), and Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929). After him are Robert Loggia (1930), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Scott Glenn (1939), Patch Adams (1945), Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), and Kim Carnes (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Foster Dulles ranks 165. Before him are Pat Brown (1905), Tecumseh (1768), Bill Weld (1945), James E. Webb (1906), Red Cloud (1822), and Tim Johnson (1946). After him are Paul H. O'Neill (1935), Jack Lew (1955), Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817), John Armstrong Jr. (1758), Wolfgang Kapp (1858), and Albert Gore Sr. (1907).

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